Scottish Twitter

About

Scottish Twitter refers to tweets that are posted from Twitter users in Scotland which are normally written in Scottish patter.

Scottish Twitter has went viral due to its humorous and unusual context towards events and situations taking place around the world reacting from a Scottish perspective.

Background

Scottish Twitter has a humorous tone in reaction to events on Twitter which come from a Scottish perspective. In result of this, tweets by Scottish people have been recognised within national and international media coverage.

Tweets which use Scottish patter are usually not understood by the rest of the world due to the complex of the language that Scots use.

Reaction

Scottish Twitter has been reported in national and international outlets such as BuzzFeed and Runt of the Web and has went viral with YouTubers who are mainly American reacting to tweets from Scotland that use Scottish slang.

The use of Scottish patter on Twitter has been praised and endorsed by online media outlets who have published articles on the subjects.

Various Examples

Merida's Scottish Slang

Merida's Scottish Slang refers to a series of tweets and jokes based on a scene from the trailer for the 2018 animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet. In the scene, the character Merida from the Pixar film Brave vents in a thick Scottish brogue, which none of the other characters understand.

Permission from Sajid

Permission from Sajid refers to a Twitter hashtag which started trending in response to Conservative Party leader contender Sajid Javid stating that he won't grant permission for a second Scottish independence referendum to be held if he was elected Conservative party leader and Prime Minister.

Scottish Twitter users started mocking Sijhad by tweeting #PermissionFromSijhad where Scottish Twitter users ask permission from Sijhad Javid for when they want to do something casually.

Just Eat UK's England Women's World Cup Tweet

Just Eat UK's England Women's World Cup Tweet refers to a tweet that was posted by British buy and collect food company Just Eat who tweeted their support for the English Women's Football Team at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.

The tweet resulted in condemnation from Scottish football fans and people overall to attack Just Eat for ignoring Scotland's presence in the tournament when the company is a UK-wide company.

Scottish Twitter users started humoursly attacking Just Eat over their ignorance of Scotland at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

#SNPCivilWar

#SNPCivilWar refers to a series of posts, tweets and captioned photos including photo shopped film posters comprising of first hand reactions to a humorous cyber civil war breaking out within the Scottish National Party (SNP), the largest political party in Scotland.

SNP Commandments

SNP Commandments refers to a social game which started on Twitter where Scottish National Party (SNP) supporters started creating commandments of the party in response to being branded as a cult by Scottish Conservative Party leader Jackson Carlaw